Business Improvement

 
The resource and energy industries are fast-passed, production driven and cost sensitive.  This is why business improvement initiatives are so valuable – there is money to be saved, more than you may think.

Business improvement is more than just a phrase.  It has been proved the best way to delight your customers, improve your processes and take you further faster. 
 
Using techniques including Lean and Six Sigma in planning, design, construction, and operations can get your project completed faster and under budget. Let us show you how.

What we can do for you
  • Deployment of business improvement programmes to suit your organisation
  • Train and mentor you and your staff in continuous improvement
  • Help lead continuous improvement projects and initiatives
  • De- bottleneck  and optimise existing operations
  • Performance tracking to help your organisation achieve it's business goals
  • Assist in developing a programme governance to sustain your deployment
Why this is important
 
Once you start looking, the opportunities are enormous.  Business improvement initiatives will help your company become more profitable through growing revenue, reducing costs, improving the supply chain, and increasing customer satisfaction.
The skills that are learnt encourage a culture of informed decision making, problem solving and teamwork.  These are skills that will help employees in any role within an organisation – from the front line to senior management.
 
Finally, business improvement will make your workplace a better, safer place to be.  By reducing waste and wasteful activities, people will begin to take pride in making their work the best it can be.
 
Why it works
We integrate business improvement into company strategy, not the other way around
  • We focus on mentoring and sharing our experiences, both good and bad
  • We understand the front line through to senior management
  • We pass on the skills and knowledge to change the culture of your organisation
  • We keep the message simple
Who we are?
 
Snowden's Business Improvement team are engineers and technical professionals.  Our expertises lie in both managing improvement projects, designing and deploying continuous improvement initiatives, especially in the resource and energy industries. 

Through experience, we understand why it is so important to implement business improvement initiatives that drill down to the real issues and properly implement the best, most sustainable solutions.  We also understand what is required to lead, govern and maintain these initiatives.

What our strengths are
  • Developing customised improvement programmes to meet your company's needs
  • Specialising in the resource, energy, and engineering industries
  • Delivering Six Sigma, Lean and Kaizen training
  • Team development, facilitation and mentoring
  • Leveraging strong engineering and technical support from Snowden's world-class team of consultants
Our experience

Snowden consultants have extensive experience in the resource, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries.
Recent improvement strategies for two resource companies have resulted in savings of over $9 million (ROI of over 500%) and over $20 million (ROI of over 1000%), respectively.

Snowden continues to run internal improvement projects aimed at improving internal efficiency and the delivery of its range of products and services.
 

View our Business Improvement white papers here.